Verizon's LTE promise all but confirms expectations of a 4G LTE iPhone, plus LTE-ready Windows phones and BlackBerrys, not only Android, the majority of handsets currently represented on Verizon's shelves.

In January, Verizon told CNET that it would complete its LTE infrastructure by the end of 2013. Since then, the company has increased its estimated coverage from 250 million people to 260 million.

Alaska will apparently be the only state Verizon won't cover with LTE before the end of next year.